THE LITTLE MERMAID WEEKEND THREAD

[WorkingonaName]

$1000 on them renaming the Kingdom to something stupid.

[Eric Duncan]

 

[Valonqar]

26 minutes ago, Alexander said:

Surprised Disney didn't announce live action Tangled with Anya Taylor-Joy yet.

 

cause it's going to be her:

 

 

[stripe]

44 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

 

cause it's going to be her:

 

 

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[keysersoze123]

2 hours ago, jedijake said:

How did tracking get this so wrong? For a while, $12-$13 million looked solid.

it did taper off instead of accelerating in the final week. Happens as Disney LA movies are fan driven. But I have retiterated that more than thursday, walkups today will make or break its march towards 100m 3 day weekend. Let us see how it goes. 

 

Another aspect is there are pockets its underperforming rather than universally doing well everywhere. Which is also not a surprise. 

[interiorgatordecorator]

A comment filled with personal attacks against her, racist language, complaining about racebending or “blackwashing”, whining about “woke culture”, all of that. 

[Legion Again]

3 hours ago, Brainbug said:

 

Fun Fact: We are closer to 2050 than 1989 now.

I mean we are closer to 2050 than Independence Day’s release in 1996

[Shawn Robbins]

$10.3m from Disney, includes $850K from Wed

[Flopped]

Throwback to the $6M opening of The Little Mermaid in 1989 on 994 screens. 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : Murphy’s ‘Nights’ Overtakes ‘Talking’

By DANIEL CERONE 

Nov. 21, 1989 12 AM PT

Eddie Murphy’s “Harlem Nights” led a blockbuster weekend in which the Top 10 pictures grossed $52 million, up 48% for the same weekend last year. Paramount’s “Harlem Nights” grossed $16 million on 2,180 screens. After four weeks in the No. 1 slot, Tri-Star’s “Look Who’s Talking” slipped a notch. Disney’s animated “The Little Mermaid” opened strongly at $6 million, followed by Tri-Star’s ensemble drama “Steel Magnolias” with $5.4 million on 480 screens. Don Bluth’s “All Dogs Go to Heaven” (MGM/UA) finished No. 5 with $4.7 million.

 

* Orion’s “Valmont,” director Milos Forman’s version of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” opened on seven screens for $96,008, a per-screen average of $13,715. Last year’s “Dangerous Liaisons” averaged $28,150 on three screens over Christmas weekend.

 

Weekend Gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Harlem Nights” $16 2,180 1 (Paramount) $16 $7,384 2. “Look Who’s Talking” $8.5 1,651 6 (Tri-Star) $120 $5,171 3. “The Little Mermaid” $6 994 1 (Disney) $6 $6,068 4. “Steel Magnolias” $5.4 480 1 (Tri-Star) $5.4 $11,303 5. “All Dogs Go to Heaven” $4.7 1,577 1 (MGM/UA) $4.7 $2,988 * “Valmont” $96,008 7 1 (Orion) $96,008 $13,715

 

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.

 

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, Shawn said:

$10.3m from Disney, includes $850K from Wed

Pretty good, especially since it's unlikely to be frontloaded (being a remake and all). The $116M 4-day of Aladdin '19 seems like a good target.

[Maggie]

Pretty disappointing. This summer is gonna be so sad. No big breakouts

 

[Legion Again]

Bit low but guessing 10-11 IM then

[keysersoze123]

I am happy I aced the wednesday number. Thursday seem bit low but its possible smaller markets stunk. I dont expect Megaplex or similar ilk to do much and @DAJK did say Canada was relatively weak.  

 

Let us see how friday goes. 

[Issac Newton]

 

 

 

[Jonwo]

I think it's safe to say yet again that Disney is still doing strong business at the box office. 

[cax16]

10 minutes ago, Maggie said:

Pretty disappointing. This summer is gonna be so sad. No big breakouts

 

[Kon]

11 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Pretty good, especially since it's unlikely to be frontloaded (being a remake and all). The $116M 4-day of Aladdin '19 seems like a good target.

 

 

It will need good legs, since the The Little Mermaid budget is bigger than Aladdin.

[Issac Newton]

 

 

 

[keysersoze123]

Here comes the bean counters as usual :-)

[grim22]

22 minutes ago, Shawn said:

$10.3m from Disney, includes $850K from Wed

Mena Massoud was right?